江山易改，本性难移

jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí

Definitions

1. it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
2. you can't change who you are
3. Can the leopard change his spots?

Child Words of 江山易改，本性难移

• 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 改 gǎi: to change
• 本 běn: root
• 江 jiāng: river
• 移 yí: to move
• 难 nán: difficult (to...)
• 难 nàn: disaster
• 本性难移 běn xìng nán yí: It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
• 江山 jiāng shān: Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou 衢州[qú zhōu], Zhejiang